The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday, 27 January, announced its third list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, with names of 56 candidates.
Among the most prominent faces in the list are BSP turncoats Ram Achal Rajbhar and Lalji Verma from Akbarpur and Katehari seats respectively of Ambedkar Nagar.
Meanwhile, former Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey has been fielded from Etwa (Siddharth Nagar) while former MLA Abhay Singh and Lucknow Yadav, son of former minister Parasnath Yadav will contest from Gosaiganj seat (Ayodhya) and Malhani (Jaunpur) seats respectively.